Interestingly, Paddy Power is only offering 2/1 on us to beat Ipswich, would have thought that was too short to bother with. Ipswich are 11/10 to beat us with the draw - the best bet - at 12/5.
Impossible to call Carling Cup games as you never know what teams the managers will put out. I would have thought that Ipswich's first result and fixture is definitely in our favour. Two long trips in a few days and the faint whiff of promotion for them after an away win against title favourites Boro may well encourage them to rest a couple of key players.
Our recent Cup record suggests we won't beat them and the gap between the two divisions has been underlined by the results of the relegated teams from the Championship this weekend. For me our only hope is if they don't play a full-strength defence.
All of this makes it a fascinating fixture and we should not be written off despite all of the above.
Impossible to call Carling Cup games as you never know what teams the managers will put out. I would have thought that Ipswich's first result and fixture is definitely in our favour. Two long trips in a few days and the faint whiff of promotion for them after an away win against title favourites Boro may well encourage them to rest a couple of key players.
Our recent Cup record suggests we won't beat them and the gap between the two divisions has been underlined by the results of the relegated teams from the Championship this weekend. For me our only hope is if they don't play a full-strength defence.
All of this makes it a fascinating fixture and we should not be written off despite all of the above.